Why so few women in engineering?U-T San Diego | September 12, 2013Women aren’t good at math, and they should take jobs that provide time for raising kids. Jennifer Wood got the first message, and Kaylee Feigum the second, when they sought advice on becoming engineers.

Why Women (Like Me) Choose Lower-Paying JobsNPR | September 11, 2013Women are overrepresented among majors that don't pay very well (psychology, art, comparative literature), and underrepresented in lots of lucrative majors (most fields in engineering). And even when they choose high-paying majors, women often don't choose high-paying jobs.

Racy mugs demean women engineers, says advocateCBC News | September 10, 2013A group that promotes women in the sciences has joined Memorial University's Dean of Engineering in condemning a racy message on beer mugs handed out during a recent student party.

Do gender-atypical professions attract smarter youngsters?Science Omega | August 22, 2013[The researchers] contend that youngsters who follow unconventional career paths require additional resources and self-confidence in order to overcome the preconceptions that exist within their chosen professions.

Why Bragging Is Good For Women The Huffington Post | July 29, 2013With growing concerns about the value and need for highly trained scientists and engineers, there's an enormous opportunity for women to take on leadership positions in companies, academics and government in fields focused on science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).

Women In Technology: Overcoming Obstacles to STEM CareersNetwork Computing |July 11, 2013For a woman, a career in IT can be an exercise in isolation. According to the National Center for Women & Information Technology, women hold 56% of all professional occupations, but only 11% of executives at Fortune 500 tech companies are women.

Seeking gender equality in LEGO worldCNN | July 4, 2013Gender stereotypes in children's products, and how they reinforce stereotypes with discourage girls from fully participating in STEM.

In Her Words: Sylvia Earle on Women in ScienceNational Geographic | June 14, 2013In light of recent public discussions about women in the sciences, National Geographic asked Sylvia Earle to discuss her experiences as a woman in a field previously considered a man's world.

How Astronaut Sally Ride Opened Science’s Doors to WomenSmithsonian.com | May 21, 2013The National Air and Space Museum honored the late pioneer astronaut Sally Ride recently with a panel discussion entitled “Sally Ride: How Her Historic Space Mission Opened Doors for Women in Science.”

6 Women Scientists Who Were Snubbed Due to Sexism National Geographic | May 19, 2013Despite enormous progress in recent decades, women still have to deal with biases against them in the sciences. Many female scientists aren't given recognition for the accomplishments.

Women conspicuously absent from tech industriesHerald Business | May 3, 2013The lack of females working as programmers and developers represents a troubling trend that has everyone from Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg to Digital Nova Scotia president Ulrike Bahr-Gedalia sounding the alarm for change.

How One College Is Closing The Computer Science Gender GapWBUR | May 1, 2013There are still relatively few women in tech. Maria Klawe wants to change that. As president of Harvey Mudd College, a science and engineering school in Southern California, she's had stunning success getting more women involved in computing.

Giving Good Praise to Girls: What Messages StickKQED | April 24, 2013Many girls believe their abilities are fixed, that individuals are born with gifts and can’t change. Research finds that when girls think this way, they often give up, rather than persisting through difficulties. They don’t think they possess the ability to improve, and nowhere is the phenomenon stronger than in math.

For women in science, it’s still chilly out thereThe Berkeley Blog | April 23, 2013Survival in field-based academic science can’t just be about who can put up with or witness abuse the longest – that is not an appropriate metric to measure who is the best at their science

Female computer science grads learn from wise profsUToday | April 17, 2013An audience of female computer scientists learned about the professional and personal choices made by successful female industry pioneers at an informational luncheon held on April 5 with guest professor Susan Landau.

Gender Equality in European ResearchScience | April 16, 2013the European Commission released its latest snapshot of the representation of women in science. The gap appears to be closing—slowly—but more needs to be done.

Girls do have a math problem: Teacher biasmnn.com | April 9, 2013Teachers may be expressing a bias against female students — a bias that they are not consciously aware of and one that may be affecting the students' grades.

Women make better decisions than mene! Science News | March 26, 2013Women's abilities to make fair decisions when competing interests are at stake make them better corporate leaders, researchers have found. A survey of more than 600 board directors showed that women are more likely to consider the rights of others and to take a cooperative approach to decision-making. This approach translates into better performance for their companies.

How female scientists find their inspirationThe Globe and Mail | March 11, 2013Female scientists bring a different perspective to how they conduct research and approach innovation. Some argue that women’s contributions are often aimed at a broader, more diverse population.

5 reasons women trail men in scienceLive Science | March 6, 2013Though women now receive half the doctorates in science and engineering in the United States, they make up only 21 percent of full science professors and a measly 5 percent of full engineering professors. This article outlines the top 5 reasons for this gender gap.

Lingering misconceptions keep women from entering the technology sectorThe Financial Post | February 4, 2013Women make up 47% of the overall Canadian workforce. Yet they comprise just 24% of the tech sector workforce. An even smaller percentage of women hold management positions within the field. In the third quarter of 2012, 14,000 women left the tech sector labour force. By comparison, only 2,000 men departed the sector.

Clues to a Troubling GapThe New York Times | February 4, 2013Girls outperformed boys in more countries in a science test given to 15-year-old students in 65 countries — but in the United States, boys led the girls.

Countries must address lack of women in science and technology fields – UNUnited Nations Regional Information Centre | January 8, 2013Women and girls run the risk of being left behind in scientific and technological fields if countries do not put measures in place to address discrimination and change traditional attitudes, the United Nations said today, warning that this gap constitutes an obstacle to nations’ progress.